First Laugh Welcome, Baby! By Rose Ann Tahe and NancyBo Flood, illustrated by Jonathan Nelson. PICTURE BOOK. Charlesbridge. 2018. $17.00. 9781580897945
BUYING
ADVISORY: EL (K-3) –ADVISABLE
AUDIENCE
APPEAL: AVERAGE
At its most
basic this is a story is about a family trying to make their baby laugh. But
this story is about a Navajo family and one of their very special traditions. The
first person that gets the baby to laugh gets to host the First Laugh
Ceremony. So all the family members
happily persist through home and travel. Features stunning illustrations.
The
illustrations in this book are top notch, bright, vivid and carefully crafted!
I would add this story to my library in a heartbeat –both for the Navajo
cultural aspect (one of the authors is Navajo) and for the cultural traditions
surrounding babies (many more from other cultures are listed in the back of the
book). I didn’t list this book as essential only because the Navajo tribe is
local to my state, and perhaps librarians in other parts of the country may want
to focus on the tribes in and surrounding their own state.
Reviewer: Stephanie MLS &
Author.
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